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  • How to Plant Millions of Oysters in a Day

    February 17, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Annapolis, Maryland

    Conservationists are injecting millions of baby oysters into the Chesapeake Bay region to boost the native populations and improve the water quality. With their efforts, they’ve been able to restore 10 tributaries and about 324 hectares of oyster reefs have been restored.

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  • Off the coast of Italy, a radical approach to battling illegal fishing: a seafloor sculpture museum

    February 07, 2022 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Italy

    An unlikely sculpture museum is helping to battle illegal fishing off the coast of Italy, but this one museum you'll have to dive to see. Over 39 sculptures make up this underwater exhibit and serve as a physical barrier to seafloor trawling.

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  • This unexpected solution could save the world's depleting corals

    January 24, 2022 |

    Euronews |

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    Response Location: Egypt

    Underwater mooring buoys are proving pivotal in efforts to save corals along the Red Sea. In practice, the installed buoys are anchored to flat, solid bedrock provide a ready-made anchor for tourists arriving by sea, instead of letting them drop anchors on vulnerable underwater ecosystems. Since 1995, more than 1,400 buoys have been installed along the Red Sea coastlines.

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  • Conservation Group Tries One More Thing to Preserve an African Woodland: Prayer

    January 04, 2022 |

    Christianity Today |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Malindi

    A Rocha Kenya is an environmental organization that connects Christian conservationists around the world to protect endangered habitats and species with the both the power of prayer and practical conservation efforts. Today, the group is also working to train local farmers in new methods to protect the forest, focusing on topics like promoting soil health, increasing crop yields and reducing water usage.

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  • A shellfish company gets into the weeds

    December 28, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In their fight to protect eelgrass, The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community sued the Army Corps and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Swinomish Tribe argued that creating wide exemptions to shellfish farming could endanger eelgrass, which they rely on. Their win led to stricter regulations that require individual permits rather than national permits. The tribe also opened its own shellfish operation.

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  • Could crushed rocks absorb enough carbon to curb global warming?

    December 21, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Spain, Gran Canaria

    Scientists are testing if adding alkaline substances to seawater can allow oceans to absorb more carbon dioxide emissions. Early tests suggest this could be a potential way to combat climate change, but there are still many questions about how this can scale, how it impacts the natural ecosystem, and if it’s cost effective to implement.

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  • Tidal energy could be huge – why isn't it?

    November 26, 2021 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: France

    Tidal power is a form of renewable energy that is caused when wind turbines are placed on the sea floor. These powerful turbines harness the power of tides and could capture enough energy to power all the homes in the U.S. Tidal Range Plants have been installed in countries like France, South Korea, Canada, and China. Despite their power, they require a lot of money to install and have mostly been installed in wealthy countries in the Global North.

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  • New York City Is Building a Wall of Oysters to Fend Off Floods

    November 19, 2021 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    From New York City to Texas, localities are using oysters to protect themselves from flooding. They are dropping oysters along the coast for baby oysters to grown on, ultimately leading to the creation of wall-like reefs. The oyster reefs mitigate the blow of big waves during hurricanes. A study showed that reef-protected areas dissipated waves and had 54% less erosion. Building oyster reefs form part of a larger movement known as "green infrastructure" to manage the effects of climate change, as opposed to building concrete infrastructure like sea walls and dikes.

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  • Another Challenge for Conservation Efforts: Gender Inequity

    November 15, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    In the environmental sector there is still rampant sexism, women find it difficult to enter leadership positions and face discrimination, according to a six-author study. However, the study also shows that when women are in leadership positions factors that indicate success go up. Women are more likely to say yes to new conservation projects and are more willing to compromise. Case studies from the Maite Marine Sanctuary to the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation show that women in leadership positions are succesful.

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  • When the Ice Stops Singing

    November 14, 2021 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Finland, Saarijärvi

    Snowchange is a co-operative formed by a network of villages across Finland. The co-op formed after fishermen found all the fish in the river dead due to pollution. They decided to take action. They began "rewilding," a process of restoring ecosystems to the point that they can take care of themselves. They did this by buying peat production sites and rewilding them to wetlands. A decade ago there was merely three to four bird species in the first rewilding site the co-op bought, now there's close to 200.

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